[Length 10.5 in. Wingspan 18 in.]

This Wilson's Snipe was photographed at Attwater Prairie-Chicken NWR, Eagle Lake, TX. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens + Nikkor TC14E II 1.4x Teleconverter (EFL=630mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: January 14, 2009)

[Length 10.5 in. Wingspan 18 in.]

This Wilson's Snipe was photographed at Attwater Prairie-Chicken NWR, Eagle Lake, TX. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens + Nikkor TC20E II 2.0x Teleconverter (EFL=900mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: January 14, 2009)

[Length 8.5 in. Wingspan 14.5 in.]

This Townsend's Solitaire was photographed in the foothills near Walden, Colorado. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: May 1992)

[Length 8.75 in. Wingspan 14 in.]

This Sora was photographed at Alligator Pond, Laguna Atascosa NWR, TX. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: May 2, 2009)

[Length 8.75 in. Wingspan 14 in.]

This Sora was photographed at Port Aransas Birding Center, Port Aransas, TX. Photo taken with a Nikkor 70-200mm EDAF-S VR f2.8 lens (EFL=300mm) on a Nikon D100 camera. (Date: March 4, 2006)

[Length 8.75 in. Wingspan 14 in.]

This Sora was photographed at McFaddin NWR, TX. Photo taken with a Nikkor 70-200mm EDAF-S VR f2.8 lens + Nikkor TC14E II 1.4x Teleconverter (EFL=330mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: April 26, 2006)

[Length 8.75 in. Wingspan 14 in.]

This Sora was photographed at Anahuac NWR, TX. Photo taken with a Nikkor 70-200mm EDAF-S VR f2.8 lens (EFL=300mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: May 2, 2008)

[Length 8.75 in. Wingspan 14 in.]

This Sora was photographed at the Audubon Sabal Palms Sanctuary, Brownsville, TX. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: January 21, 2009)